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Re: Fall Waves of SunDrop XR-U available again

I saw it, loved it and had to buy it. And ask for forgiveness later

Nice ones there in your pic! I suppose pretty custom and rare?

Talk about thread highjack

There is a type of perfection that transcends the quest for lumens. Buying a $250 1-cell light for "lum factor" is like buying a $250 single malt Scotch for the alcohol content. - paulr
It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black.
My shoes are too tight. But it doesn't matter, because I have forgotten how to dance.

Re: Fall Waves of SunDrop XR-U available again

To be back on-topic ... I installed a Cree LE (Haiku) in the XR-U head. and boy, was it bright ... but I missed the High CRI beam so much I changed back.

There is a type of perfection that transcends the quest for lumens. Buying a $250 1-cell light for "lum factor" is like buying a $250 single malt Scotch for the alcohol content. - paulr
It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black.
My shoes are too tight. But it doesn't matter, because I have forgotten how to dance.

Re: Fall Waves of SunDrop XR-U available again

I'm going to try and save Don some trouble since I asked this very question of him in another thread (darned if I can find it though). The Sundrop's engine won't work well in the Haiku because it's a 6 die so each die is too far off center and won't focus. BUT, the light engine from the UV Haiku should work in the Sundrop XR-U (not the original Sundrop). The Haiku's LE should work in the XR-U too.

Re: Fall Waves of SunDrop XR-U available again

The original Haiku LE works very well in the XR-U. It makes one hell of a bright moon-spot

There is a type of perfection that transcends the quest for lumens. Buying a $250 1-cell light for "lum factor" is like buying a $250 single malt Scotch for the alcohol content. - paulr
It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black.
My shoes are too tight. But it doesn't matter, because I have forgotten how to dance.

Re: Fall Waves of SunDrop XR-U available again

Well, since you have the capacity to get optics made-to-order, maybe you could come up with an Aleph-compatible right-angle head that uses a combination prism/TIR optic to send the beam at a 90-degree angle. You know, since you don't have anything better to do.

Re: Fall Waves of SunDrop XR-U available again

Originally Posted by DimeRazorback

Resistance was futile!

Bigtime, mine is the PERFECT house light it really makes walking around at night a pleasure, took it out in the garden the other night, found a rather large orb-weaver spider out back, brought out all the colours so wonderfully...

Re: Fall Waves of SunDrop XR-U available again

The business end of the SD is really special. Beefy and strange.

There is a type of perfection that transcends the quest for lumens. Buying a $250 1-cell light for "lum factor" is like buying a $250 single malt Scotch for the alcohol content. - paulr
It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black.
My shoes are too tight. But it doesn't matter, because I have forgotten how to dance.